ALL BY MYSELF!!!

Marky mark was in Edmonton all day looking at tent trailers and going to stake leadership training. So me and the kiddos had the whole day to ourself. We started by sleeping in till 8:30, gotta like that. Then devoured some Cheerios and oranges. Next was a walk to the awesome park right beside our house. Macie loves climbing and Wade loves shoving wood chips in his mouth. After lunch, Wade had a nice long nap while Mace and I played in the back yard. Then the best part of our day, we headed to the Border City Petting Zoo. Macie loved everything about it. The best part was when I bought Macie a bag of popcorn and we went to say hi to the goats and the attacked her bagging for popcorn. She loved every second of the animals worshiping her. She of course then wanted to give popcorn to all the animals until these weird looking Donkeys bit her pretty hard. Then we decided it was best to just throw the popcorn at the other animals. It was nice that the Bennett's showed up for some adult company and Macie got to hang out with Yann. After super we had our Saturday night baths then built some awesome block towers, to kick over and build again. Then always my favourite part of everyday, snuggles, milk and stories. The kids were asleep by 7:30 and I get some alone time as Mark is still not home yet. It was such a great day and the kids were amazing, especially Wade. 

Rainy Days!!

To me spring and summer is about playing outside, swimming outside, eating outside, pretty much being outside as much as humanly possible. These past couple of days though have been gloomy and rainy and the kiddos are almost done with there colds, so we have burrowed ourselves inside and have been lazy. Staying in PJs, watching shows, playing dress up, reading lots of books, doing lots of puzzles and some crafts. I was pretty impressed with Macies art projects these past two days so wanted some pics for memories as I am sure they will eventually end up in the garbage. This weekend it is suppose to be nice so back to daily routines of parks, water fights and searching for ladybugs!

The Color Within!!!

Today Melissa, Sara and I did a 5km color run. It was a blast having paint thrown all over us. I of course let the competitive side out of me and had to get out of the mess of people and run ahead. I couldn't believe it when Mark said I was the 4th person to pass the finish line and the first girl. It felt pretty awesome. I love it when I get to hang out with these girls we always have so much fun. Afterwards we hit up the Brewhouse for appetizers then did some shopping all sweaty and full of paint, we looked pretty cool!! Next year we are going all out for dressing up. 

Young Women's

Last night for activity we had the girls come to our house and we made some delicious elephant ears, blew up the bounce house and devoured some delicious Nutella s'mores. To say I love my youth is an understatement, these girls are amazing, kind, polite, listen well. Me and Sylvia constitently say how lucky we are to have such good girls. It is such a blessing when being a youth leader and  the girls are such a good example to you and make you want to be a better person. I love my calling, the Youth and the amazing leaders I get to work with. 

This kid is amazing!!!

I have not kept it a secret how difficult these past 7 months with Wade have been. I have never been so frustrated, exhausted, overwhelmed in my life. I feel like life is a little bit of a blur right now and I am trying to get through life one day one hour one minute at a time. I have never had so much feelings of love and sorrow for someone before. I ache for him and the pain he is in, yet I pity me and how difficult of a road this has been. As life with Wade has really started to improve, although we still have no answers as to why he spits up so much there have been improvements. Yesterday Wade had a specialist appointment and I told the Doctor how these past three days I have only feed him solid food and almonds milk in a sippy cup and the spitting up has been almost nothing, maybe twice a day instead of 4-6 times after every bottle. He gave me the go ahead to keep doing what I am doing and stop formula for good. I almost cried when he said that. I had this feeling of relief come over my body like it is only going to get better from here. Even though Wade has been a difficult baby, he has this way of melting your heart with his amazing smile. He is unreal what he can do with his body. He turns 7 months tomorrow and I wouldn't be surprised if he was walking by 8 months. He pulls himself up onto furniture and walks along it. The comments I get from friends, family, strangers is always how unreal he is and how crazy his muscles are. He gives the most amazing snuggles when he is tired and loves to crawl all over mommy. This kid is so special and is going to be someone amazing to have had to endure all this pain and still smile at the end of the day. I love him so much and love seeing his amazing progress everyday. 

Here are some adorable pics to put a smile on your face.

Mother's Day Photo Dump!!

Gee I love these kiddos, and although life  as a mother gets harder every year, it also gets more rewarding. As the primary got up and sang a song to the mothers I couldn't help but tear up knowing I will get to have my own children singing in there soon. So to celebrate my Mother's Day, I wanted to do a photo dump of my adorable kiddos.

ART

Well are art projects might not be pretty but at least we try hard.